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The Operas of Britten

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Continuing the operas which deal with society's treatment of a misfit: Billy Budd Opera in two acts Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by E. m. FORSTER and ERIC CROZIER , adapted from the story by HERMAN MELVILLE
AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER (gramophone records)
Prologue; Act 1 Sc 1: Main deck and quarter-deck of HMS Indomitable; Sc 2: The Captain's cabin; Sc 3: The berth-deck
4.50* Interval Reading
5.0* Billy Budd
Act 2 Sc 1: Main deck and quarter-deck; Sc 2: The Captain's cabin; Sc 3: A bay of the upper-gun-deck: Sc 4: Main deck and quarter-deck; Epilogue
(Albert Herring: 1 May)

Contributors

Music By:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
E. M. Forster
Unknown:
Eric Crozier
Story By:
Herman Melville
Unknown:
Billy Budd
Source: Radio Times

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